TRYON GENEALOGY WILLIAM TRYON of Wethersfield, Connecticut
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TRYON GENEALOGY WILLIAM TRYON of Wethersfield, Connecticut by Joan s . Guilford, Ph . D. TRYON WILLIAM TRYON of Wethersfield, Connecticut by Joan s. Guilford, Ph.D. Compiled in August of 2001 WILLIAM1 TRYON was at Wethersfield, Connecticut, by 1694 when he had lands drawn there (Stiles, 1904/1987, 2:717). According to Barner (unpub. Mss.) he came about 1675 or shortly thereafter from England to America. Stiles' account implies that all his children were by second wife, SAINT (ROBINSON) LATIMER, daughter of Thomas1 and Mary Robinson and widow of Bezaleel Latimer, but most were by his first wife, MARY STEELE, daughter of Samuel and Mary (Boosey) Steele. MARY was born in 1652 and died in 1686. WILLIAM1 was born about 1645 and according to all reports we have found, his father was one WILLIAMa of Bilbury, England, and his mother a REBECCA, maiden name unknown. According to some submitters to the World Family Tree (Broderbud TM), WILLIAMa also had a son Edward who was born 25 September 1634 at Bilbury and died on 4 May 1714 at Stamford, Connecticut although Torrey says he did not marry until about 1684 to his wife Sarah and his surname is given as "Tryhern". There has also been men tion of an Ananias who married Abigail Norton, daughter of Thomas1 and Grace (Wells) Norton on 6 August 1667, she born in 1642 at Ockley, Surrey, England, and lived in Killingworth, Connecticut. Furthermore, they are said to have had a son Thomas who was born 6 September 1635 at Bilbury. Whether or not any of these Tryons left progeny is unknown to us nor do we vouch for any. WILLIAM1 died 12 October 1711 in his 66th year at Wethersfield and his second wife died there 7 December 1711. His inventory showed value of £309.08.08. On 7 January 1711/2 administration of his estate was given to Capt. James Steele who was chosen by his children on 7 April 1713. The order for distribution of 4 August 1712 named Joseph, David, Thomas, Abell, Zybah, Abial, and Mabel Tryon, Sarah Gil let t, and eldest daughter Elizabeth Hill. Abial, being only 17, chose Abraham Kilbourn as guardian. Evidently there was some contention in WILLIAM1 's second marriage as prior 17 January 1688/9 his wife SAINT whom he had married shortly after the death of her first husband in 1688, came to court where she complained that "her husband William Tryon hath fraudently [sic] conveyed away from her a Writing made between them before marriage where by she is greatly injured and prays relief from this Court, she producing two Evidences that there was a writing made but not signed until after marriage, viz, the next morning ... " The Court ordered that WILLIAM1 was 1 TRYON FAMILY to have the improvement of the estate of Bezaleel Latti more, deceased, provided that he maintain the two children of Lattimore, but the estate itself belonged to SAINT {her widow's third) and the children {their share to be put in the hands of guardians Thomas Wickham and Ebenezer Deming) and that four acres of land purchased by SAINT after the death of her first husband was hers, but that WILLIAM1 might have the improvement of it {Court Record Vol. VI, p. 66). The children of Bezaleel Latti more were Jonathan and Bathsheba, the latter eventually marrying Josiah Atwood {see Manwaring, 1904/1995, 1: 329). In the assignment of children to mothers, we rely in part on guesswork on the basis of known marriage dates. Some of those assigned to the first marriage may belong to the second since that marriage took place by 1689 and the first known child was not born until 1695. Unfortunately, there are few records. The reader should be advised that what follows is derived from the sources cited above as well as Tryon's 1969 genealogy, the vital records of Connecticut {Bar bour), and the work of others as it appears in the "World Family Tree" series {Broderbund) verified, when possible, by other records. Other references appear in context. Children of WILLIAM1 and MARY {STEELE) TRYON, all born at Wethersfield, Connecticut: (2) i. JOSEPH2 , b. 1671; see further. (3) ii. DAVID2 , b. ca. 1673; see further. iii. SARAH2 , b. ca. 1675; m. 7 April 1697 at Wethersfield, JOHN GILLETT, son of William Gillett. Called "eldest daughter" in estate distrib. iv. THOMAS 2 , b. ca. 1677; alive in 1713 at distrib. of estate; n.f .r. v. ELIZABETH2 , b. ca. 1680; d. after 2 May 1713 (wi 11 of husb.); m. 10 June 1708, JOSEPH HILLS, Jr. of Glastonbury. He d. 8 Nov. 1713, leaving to Elizabeth and "the children I now have or hereafter may have by my present wife Eliza beth" the land "which ... ! made over to my sd. wife by way of jointure before my marriage with her ... " she to have the use and improvement of his lands until his children by her come of age and the whole of his moveable estate, making her Exec. {Manwaring, 1904, 2:227f.). vi. MABEL 2 , b. ca. 1682; n.f .r. (4) vii. ABEL2 , b. ca. 1684. 2 { 5 ) vi i . Z I BA , b • ca . 1 6 8 6 . 2 TRYON FAMILY Child of WILLIAM 1 and SAINT (ROBINSON)(LATTIMORE) TRYON: (6) i. ABIAL, b. ca. 1695 (age 17 in 1712). 2. JOSEPH 2 (WILLIAM1 ) TRYON was born in 1671 since his gravestone at Wethersfield says "Here Lies the Body of doct'r Joseph Tryon who died April ye 4, 1738, in the 67 year of His Age" (Tillotson, 1899, p. 319). He married on 5 December 1691 at Glastonbury, CT, LYDIA BIRD. According to Tryon (1969, p. 23) "He chose medicine as his profession. He was one of the first to vaccinate for smallpox and because he saved the lives of so many of the soldiers of the colony in this manner he was commended by the General Assembly of the colony." He spent much of his life at Glastonbury where he received a grant of land in 1694 and where he died. Children of JOSEPH 2 and LYDIA (BIRD) TRYON: i. MARY3 A., b. 5 October 1695; d. after 4 December 1754 (husb.'s will); m. 24 January 1715/6 at Glastonbury, BENJAMIN ABBE, son of Samuel2 (John1 ) and Mary (Knowlton) Abbe, b. 4 June 1694 at Danvers, MA, and d. 1765 at Glas tonbury, CT. (See Gui 1 ford, 2003, the Abbe Family.) ii. LYDIA3 , b. 1697; n.f.r. iii. RACHEL 3 , bpt. 4 June 1699; m. 4 July 1723, JAMES MILLER, b. 5 Sept. 1700 at Middletown to Thomas and Mary (Rowell) Miller and d. in 1750 at Wethersfield (Stiles, op. cit., p. 502). (Note: Stiles gives this Rachel to William1 in error.) (7) iv. JOSEPH3 , b. 1702; see further. v. AGNES 3 , b. 14 August 1712; d. 22 September 1712. (8) vi. BENJAMIN3 , (see further). 3. DAVID2 (WILLIAM1 ) TRYON was born about 1673 and died before 23 December 1730 at Wethersfield, Connecti cut. He married on 25 August 1698 at Wethersfield, HANNAH WADDAMS, daughter of John2 (John1 ) and Hannah (Bidwell) Waddams. Hannah's father died 30 June 1718, the settlement of his estate involving David in the care of her "idiot" brother, David Waddams (Manwaring, op. cit., p. 443f.). Hannah was born in 1680. They lived at Wethersfield until 1719, res. at Middletown from 1721 to 1723, and in Sept. of 1725 were in Glastonbury, but returned to Wethers- 3 TRYON FAMILY field. He gave his land to his three sons, David, Noah and Ezra. Children of DAVID2 and HANNAH (WADDAMS) TRYON: i. HANNAH3 , b. 22 April 1699; m. 25 January 1721, THOMAS WILLIAMS (Stiles, op. cit., p. 837). (9) ii. DAVID3 , b. 23 January 1700/1 (see further). (10) iii. JOHN3 , b. 1 March 1702/3 (see further). iv. JONATHAN3 , b. 18 September 1705 (n.f.r.). v. SUSANNAH3 , b. 15 April 1708; d. 1 May 1806; m. 10 February 1731, JOSEPH SMITH. vi. JOANNA3 , b. 15 July 1710. (11) v11. NOAH3 , b. 5 March 1712/3 (see further). (12) viii.BENJAMIN3 , b. 16 December 1715 (see further). (13) ix. EZRA3 , b. ca. 1720 (age 14 in 1734 when he chose bro. Jonathan as guard.) (See further.) 2 1 4. ABEL (WILLIAM ) TRYON was born about 1684 at Wethersfield, and died on 29 January 1760 at Middletown, Connecticut. In 1703 he married ABIAH HUNNEWELL, daughter of John and Lydia Hunnewell, born in 1684 and died 30 November 1756 at Middle town. Stiles (op. cit., p. 456) provides their children. Children of ABEL 2 and ABIAH (HUNNEWELL) TRYON: i . SARAH3 , b . 10 Ju 1 y 1 7 0 4 ; m. 10 May 1 7 2 7 , ANTHONY SISER, a "seafaring man" who d. 21 Sept. 1753. His name has been Americanized from the original Antonio DeZocieur or deSosieur. ii. EUNICE 3 , b. 10 February 1705/6; m. 18 August 1726, JOHN BARNES, son of Shamgar2 (Charles1 ) of Long Island and Middletown, CT (GCF, 1:92). (14) iii. THOMAS 3 , b. 7 May 1708; see further. iv. ABEL 3 , b. 3 October 1710; n.f .r. (15) v. WILLIAM3 , b. 2 November 1712; see further. vi. ELIZABETH3 , b. 26 October 1714 3 vii. MARY , b. 24 February 1716/17; m. 12 Apri 1 1739, JONAS POWERS, b. 9 July 1719 at Littleton, MA. (16) viii.CHARLES3 , b. 31 May 1719; see further. ix. RACHEL 3 , b. 1722; m. REUBEN LEWIS x. ELIZABETH4 , b. ca. 1724; m. JOHN GREEN xi. PRUDENCE 3 , b. ca. 1726; m. EBENEZER ROBERTS 2 1 5. ZIBA (WILLIAM ) TRYON was born about 1686 at Weth ersfield, Connecticut.